SICK PERSON

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does sick person mean? 

• SICK PERSON (noun)
  The noun SICK PERSON has 1 sense:

1. a person suffering from an illness

  Familiarity information: SICK PERSON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SICK PERSON (noun)

Meaning:

A person suffering from an illness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

diseased person; sick person; sufferer

Hypernyms ("sick person" is a kind of...):

unfortunate; unfortunate person (a person who suffers misfortune)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sick person"):

anorectic; anorexic (a person suffering from anorexia nervosa)

manic-depressive (a person afflicted with manic-depressive illness)

monomaniac (a person suffering from monomania)

narcoleptic (a person who has narcolepsy)

neurasthenic (a person suffering a nervous breakdown)

mental case; neurotic; psychoneurotic (a person suffering from neurosis)

patient (a person who requires medical care)

psycho; psychotic; psychotic person (a person afflicted with psychosis)

rheumatic (a person suffering with rheumatism)

syphilitic (a person suffering from syphilis)

valetudinarian (weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health)

lunatic; madman; maniac (an insane person)

lazar; leper (a person afflicted with leprosy)

invalid; shut-in (someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury)

bulimic (a person suffering from bulimia)

consumptive; lunger; tubercular (a person with pulmonary tuberculosis)

convalescent (a person who is recovering from illness)

depressive (someone suffering psychological depression)

diabetic (someone who has diabetes)

dyspeptic (a person suffering from indigestion)

epileptic (a person who has epilepsy)

bleeder; haemophile; haemophiliac; hemophile; hemophiliac (someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding)

incurable (a person whose disease is incurable)

insomniac; sleepless person (someone who cannot sleep)

spewer; vomiter (a person who vomits)